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NYS Judicial Compensation
2011 PRESS REPORTING OF CJA's
OPPOSITION TO JUDICIAL PAY RAISES
July 19th: BUSINESS
REVIEW: "Hearing
on judicial pay set for Wednesday", Adam Sichko
["A citizen
watchdog group, the Center for Judicial Accountability, has opposed
any raises until what it calls 'a multitude of miscreant judges' are
removed from their jobs."]
July 20th: THOMSON REUTERS:
"NY
budget director says pay raises for judges unaffordable",
Dan Weissner, Jennifer Golson
["A handful of the three dozen speakers on
Wednesday opposed all raises absent an overhaul of the Commission on
Judicial Conduct, the state's judiciary watchdog, which they
characterized as corrupt and ineffective.
'There must be no increases in judicial compensation until
mechanisms are in place to remove justices who deliberately pervert
the rule of law,' said Elena Sassower, the head of the nonprofit
Center for Judicial Accountability."]
July 21th: WAMC
NEWS: "Panel
Hears NY Judges Pay Raise Plea",
Dave Lucas
AS FOR THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL:
July 19th:
"Pay
Commission Head Floats Option of Incremental Raises", Joel
Stashenko
["The
Center of Judicial Accountability, a citizens group, is expected to
oppose any raise."]
As to the two
"errors" in this essentially uninformative sentence, see
CJA's August 1, 2011 e-mail to NYLJ Editor
Kris Fischer -- "Subject:
Thank you for the courtesy of"
July 29th: "Commission
to Focus on Amount of Judges' Raise", Joel Stashenko
["At
the public hearing last week, for instance, the anti-raise Center
for Judicial Accountability through its head Elena Sassower called
on Mr. Thompson to recuse himself from the commission because his
father, William Thompson, Sr., was a long-time Supreme Court and
Appellate Division justice.
The younger Mr. Thompson refused. He explained
later that his father, now 86, has been off the bench since his
mandatory retirement at age 76 and would not profit in any way
by a salary adjustment.
Ms. Sassower and her allies insist that no raise should
be adopted until procedures are in place to root out what they claim
is widespread corruption in the judiciary."]
As to the material "errors", see
CJA's August 8, 2011 letter to Commission
-- "RE:
Threshold Issues Barring Commission
Consideration of Pay Raises for Judges:
(1) Chairman Thompson’s Disqualification for Interest,
as to which there has been No Determination; (2) Systemic Corruption
in New York’s Judiciary, Embracing the Commission on Judicial
Conduct, as to which there has been No Determination; & (3) The
Fraud & Lack of Evidence Put Forward by Advocates of Judicial Pay
Raises.
Enclosures:
(1)
Transcription of Elena Sassower's July 20,
2011 testimony before the Commission
(2)
"NOT
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC", Report of
NYS Comptroller Regan, 1989 --
with
his press release,
"COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT NEEDS OVERSIGHT" (December 7, 1989)
(3)
Transcription of Elena Sassower's questions at
the December 11, 2002 forum on the
Commission on
Judicial Conduct, co-sponsored by NYS Bar Association & Fund for
Modern Courts
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Menu of CJA's
webpages on NYS Judicial Compensation:
CJA's
October 27, 2011 Opposition Report to the "Final Report of
the Commission on Judicial Compensation"
Judicial
Compensation Commission's July 20, 2011
Hearing & Related Info
--
CJA's handout &
referred-to webpage:
Bringing Transparency, Evidence & Public Accountability to
the One-Sided, Media-Created View
(Swallowed
Whole from the Judicial-Legal Establishment)
that NYS Judges are Underpaid & Entitled to a Raise
The
Judicial Compensation Lawsuits
& Court of Appeals Decision -- Both Fraudulent
The Press in Action -- A
Chronicle of Superficiality, Bias, & Journalistic Fraud
--
New York Law Journal coverage prior to CJA's May 23, 2011 letter
--
New York Times coverage prior
to CJA's May 23, 2011 letter
--
coverage by other press prior to CJA's June 13, 2011 letter
The
Sacrificed Court Employees, Terminated to Save Money
Genesis of CJA's
Activism on NY's Judicial Compensation Issue
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